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Dotdash Meredith
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English
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In 2020 baseball lost not one but a remarkable six Hall of Famers: Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Joe Morgan, Tom Seaver, Whitey Ford and Al Kaline. This issue of LIFE remembers those great players in all the glory of their times with unmatched photography as well as extraordinary, moving narratives by a cadre of leading writers. Brock on the basepaths. Gibson throwing high and tight. Morgan revving the engine of the Big Red Machine. Seaver saving a franchise.
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National Bestseller: The “powerful novel” about the hidden side of pro football, written by a former NFL player (Newsweek).
On the field, the men who play football are gladiators, titans, and every other kind of cliché. But when they leave the locker room they are only men. Peter Gent’s classic novel looks at the seedy underbelly of the pro game, chronicling eight days in the life of Phil Elliott,...
On the field, the men who play football are gladiators, titans, and every other kind of cliché. But when they leave the locker room they are only men. Peter Gent’s classic novel looks at the seedy underbelly of the pro game, chronicling eight days in the life of Phil Elliott,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Women have been doctors for a very long time. From a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, they have surmounted great odds to heal and help their communities. This book of ten biographies features women from around the world, past and present.
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Hallmark hall of fame volume 20
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Four mentally challenged men share a house and with the help of a social worker learn to cope with the ups and downs of daily life through laughter, love, & joy.
9) Ellen Foster
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 26
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Having suffered abuse and misfortune for most of her life, a young girl searches for a better life and finally finds it in the home of a loving woman with several foster children.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 1
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Sarah, plain and tall: In this heartwarming, enormously popular family film, a mail-order bride travels to Kansas in 1910 and teaches a lonely family to love again.
11) Skylark
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 5
Publisher
Sarah Productions
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm.
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English
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Women breaking new ground in areas once thought beyond them, and establishing a legacy for others to follow―that's what the Women's Hall of Fame Series is all about. Super Women in Science is no exception. Meet ten women from ancient times to today, with lively senses of curiosity and the vision and determination to discover how and why things work. An educational and fun tour through centuries of research and discoveries, sure to inspire future...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 24
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
What begins as a two-hour road trip to a neighboring town turns into an all-day adventure for Ira and Maggie Moran.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Since the days of ancient Egypt, women have demonstrated their skills as leaders. The last couple of hundred years, however, have seen increasing numbers of self-made women of distinction take their place on the world stage, many in positions of leadership.
15) Plainsong
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Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Tells a story of redemption, healing, and the power of hope in a small Colorado prairie town.
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English
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Space is the final frontier, and these ten women have established their place in it. This collection of ten biographies features women who have made an important contribution to the exploration of space. Included are Jerrie Cobb, who could only dream of flying above the atmosphere; some of the first women in space, Valentina Tereshkova and Sally Ride; and members of the current generation of women astronauts such as Julie Payette and Ellen Ochoa....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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A thirst for adventure, a deep desire to push themselves beyond their comfort zones, and an innate curiosity about the world and its peoples drive the biographies of the ten women explorers profiled here. As explorers they bring skills in cartography, geography, history, anthropology, botany, photography, linguistics and writing to their travels. Their stories begin with Sacagawea, a Native guide in the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805, and end...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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This book features a selection of politically-active, inspiring women who have made important contributions to music history. Their stories begin in the mid-18th Century with Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart, a gifted German composer whose abilities were obscured by the popularity of her younger brother Wolfgang. They end in present with popular female figures like Joni Mitchell, legendary Canadian singer/songwriter, and Vanessa Mae, a non-traditional...
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Hallmark hall of fame volume 54
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Two sisters on a life-changing journey together, full of laughter, tears and new understanding.
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Hallmark Hall of Fame volume LVI
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The story of Pat Conroy's year of teaching at Yamacraw School on an island off the coast of South Carolina.